The progression of the study on “vetrina sparsa” pottery led to a thorough selection of fragments for the preparation of the samples to submit to lead isotopes analyses. We are currently collaborating with Dr. Igor Maria Villa, member of the … Read More
Coatings from selected samples were investigated in order to characterize their main chemical and textural features and to acquire data to be compared with results from previous studies on samples from the same repertory (Fortina et alii, 2008). The use … Read More
Twenty samples from different clay deposits nearby the main archeological sites in the Colline Metallifere and Val di Cornia areas have been studied in mineralogical, chemical and micro-paleontological investigations. The study has the aim to acquire data useful for an … Read More
The census of coin finds along the Tyrrhenian coast of central Italy stems from the idea that nEU-Med project could be integrated in regards to some aspect of the ancient economy, in particular use of coins, extending the geographic and … Read More
The cemetery area of Vetricella has returned 31 burials in a earth pit, with and without headers. Thanks to the observation of the type of decomposition, we can say that, in most cases observed, there was a willingness to fill … Read More
Tuesday 22 May at the 11.00 a.m, in Palazzo di Fieravecchia (Siena), will be held the lecture of Prof. Roger Doonan (The University of Sheffield): “Context and things. Le tracce delle azioni umane nei contesti e sui manufatti archeologici attraverso … Read More
Monday 21 May at the 2.00 p.m, in Palazzo di Fieravecchia (Siena), will be held the lecture of Prof. Simone Maria Collavini (University of Pisa): “Il ruolo delle èlites rurali nello sviluppo economico. Il caso di Paterno nell’Alta Val di … Read More
Monday 7 May at the 4.00 p.m, in Palazzo di Fieravecchia (Siena), will be held the lecture of Prof. Didier Boisseuil (Université de Tours): “I distretti industriali alla fine del Quattrocento: il caso massetano attraverso la documentazione scritta”
Friday 18 may at the 10.00 a.m, in Palazzo di Fieravecchia, Siena, will be held the first interdisciplinary seminar (organized by professors and researchers from DSSBC (University of Siena, and promoted by ERC nEU-Med project) “Economia e tecniche della costruzione. … Read More
Micromorphological analysis from undisturbed sediment samples collected during the 2016/17 archaeological campaigns of Vetricella is currently ongoing. Thin sections have been observed under a ZEISS polarizing microscope at magnifications between 1,25X and 40X, using plane-polarized light (PPL) and crossed-polarized light … Read More
